Richard "Dick" Lehman (12 June 1923–17 February 2007) joined the

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in 1949 and served for 33 years before retiring. As a junior analyst, he worked in the General Division of the Office of Reports and Estimates (ORE) using

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to puzzle out the organization and output of various

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industrial ministries. He then spent much of his career in the

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(OCI), eventually serving as its director from 1970 to 1975. Lehman also served as Director of the

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from 1975 to 1976, as Deputy to the DCI for National Intelligence from 1976 to 1977, and as chairman of the

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from 1979 to 1981

Lehman developed the President's Daily Brief, President's Intelligence Check List (PICL, pronounced "pickle") for

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in June 1961. The PICL ultimately became the

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. Born in St. Louis on June 12, 1923, Lehman was the son of Edwin and Margaret Maxwell Lehman. His wife of 54 years, the former Diane Harris, died in 2002

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